Elías Ahúja y Andría (January 8, 1863 – July 20, 1951) was a Spanish philanthropist, politician, businessman and academic. He was born in Cadiz and died in New York City.
He studied commerce at the Technical Institute of Boston. In 1903 he moved to the Republic of Chile and became Vice-president and later Director of the “Dupont Nitrate Company”. In 1922 he returned to Spain and founded the “Elías Ahúja Charity”, associated with the Good Samarita...
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Elías Ahúja y Andría (January 8, 1863 – July 20, 1951) was a Spanish philanthropist, politician, businessman and academic. He was born in Cadiz and died in New York City.
He studied commerce at the Technical Institute of Boston. In 1903 he moved to the Republic of Chile and became Vice-president and later Director of the “Dupont Nitrate Company”. In 1922 he returned to Spain and founded the “Elías Ahúja Charity”, associated with the Good Samaritans. Interested in culture, he founded several sports, military, religious and educative institutions. He constructed hospitals, clinics, dining halls, schools, quarters, city council buildings, provided the poor with food, helped widows and orphans and did work to improve conditions in jails and sanitoriums.
He did much work to assist the Institución Exploradores de España (Scouts) in Puerto Santa Maria and his work favored other cities like Seville, Cadiz, Paterna de Rivera, Espera and Villaluenga del Rosario among others too. He was a...
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